The government on Friday, decided to temporarily restrict all food outlets within the Greater Male' Region starting March 22, 0000 hrs.
From midnight tomorrow night 00.00 hrs Sunday 22nd March 2020, all food outlets in the Greater Male Area will be closed for public dinning. In. However takeaway will be allowed. Further information will be published by HPA.
— Fayyaz Ismail (@faya_i) March 20, 2020
According to the Minister of Economic Development Fayyaz Ismail, outlets may serve their customers through takeaways but all dine-ins are barred.
All dine-in services will be temporarily suspended from all food service providers in the Greater Malé Region, effective from 00:00hrs on 22 March 2020.
— HPA Maldives (@HPA_MV) March 20, 2020
Takeout and delivery services are allowed and encouraged.#socialdistancing
The World Health Organization has classified the spread of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. The novel coronavirus has infected more than 220,800 and claimed over 8,980 lives around the world. However, out of those infected, more than 85,770 have recovered.
Maldives currently has 13 confirmed cases of COVID-19, including a tourist couple on a liveaboard, two cases from Anantara Dhigu, five foreign nationals from Kuredu Island Resort as well as two foreign citizens from Sandies Bathala and Kuramathi Maldives each. No locals have tested positive for the virus as of yet.
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